European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 21, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 army tests child care training program plan uses hands and Knees approach it Tony Al a Iii Nilon Horti Butiu Katterbach. Germany participants in a child rare training program being tested by the army in Europe graduated last week from the undertaking Ilia gets trainers Down on i hair hands and Knees with inc care givers and i hair  developed in 1981 by Boston univer sity s Early childhood programs coordinator Jane Rannalt the child Tare giver training program i Flocs raining Oul of inc classroom and into the Home. I gets trainers Down on their hands and Knees with inc care givers and their   said at a graduation ceremony fur Anshan a child fare pro rid ers wednesday. Usa Reim child development serv ices coordinator Lioi inic storm said lie army is struggling in Standardi a Home based family child dire programs to meet inc needs of care givers children being cared for and the parents of 6,614 children i waiting lists in Usa eur. Jane Brown a child care  hired under a erosion University contract compared the course to n master s de Gree a step beyond the knowledge in child cat that participants already Nave. Tin.1 going in Brown s class is Tough. Out of 25 Home care givers in govern ment and go can Nicol Kisco housing who St Rcd the course Only i is Stuik with it. Brown said child cure is a Tough Busi Ness hard work la s not just sitting around the House watching to and cat ing Bon Bons All Day. We never learn everything we need to know Brown said. Things have changed. Perhaps we be never handled an infant before now we arc but Crins million pushes past simple baby sitting and custodial Chi a  and goes into the realm of child development these Are professional child care givers already Brown stressed. She quoted one provider in her class who Lias four children of her own and who has been a child care provider for 11 years As saying Liis is the first time i be understood now to have fun with  in a nutshell the course developed by Lannak leaches providers How to respect a 2-year-old As a human being no us just a step above the family dog. She addresses everything from offering proper nourishment to allowing children to make i hair own choices. The course is sectioned Inlo four areas things that happen in a child s life. Young Balladeer has big hit Appl. A Young soloist featured on the Sang do or. Anus has become a Star the tune about child abuse which Hiu recorded Iho years ago b the Lille known group  recently has inn gelling Clr naive air play. Focusing on ecu nce. Art foot and Hocks. Lil Nulk Ulion of child abuse or neglect. Home environment and a child s needs within Hal environment. Child guidance and discipline. Drown also makes several visits to each provider s Home to suggest improvements. The Ansbach military Community was chosen As the Usa eur research Community for the program because its child care programs were already Suhd and Sta ble said Colleen it Lyndon storm s counterpart in Ansbach. She also said 1st army l in soldiers see a lot of Field duty and their families arc subject to great so Russ because Futha a con Roj Community which did not gel the raining will be compared to Arshadi. Schweinfurt was chosen be cause in closely resembles Anspach sworn to mild. Certainly one of the things Well be looking Al will be the turnover rate which is running at 400 percent. Storm said. With such a High turnover communities must keep training new providers in i hair required 38-hour certification process. Storm Slid Community commanders who might balk at paying thousands of dollars to bring in one of  s four instructors to give the 25 Adili Lionial hours of enhancement will have an in Terest in the results of this research. We believe Hal this program makes child care providers feel Heller Ami More professional about whal they re  storm said. We also believe commanders will he Able to save Money in the Long run he cause More providers will stay m the business More importantly the children inn t be passed through a series of providers. Their lives will he More  she stressed. . Col. John Valersky Anspach Community executive officer told the graduates and instructors soldiers do n Bel Ter Job because they know their children arc being taken care of. That s very important to commanders initial research results will he known Wnm a few months. Morm said. Usar eur will verify inc Anspach results by repealing inc research Al another Community and then enlarging it from there. Storm plans to Lake the results to department of the army Lescel in washing ton and to ofter the program As a Possi ble solution to child care Standardi action. We i hint it s he Nigil Way to  she said. Now we re gelling inc Evi Dence to prove  latest upscale gift keeps Boston yuppies jumping Boston not among Ufa Livent and Well Educa cd bos lonians the Christmas gift of favor this year is also a potentially dangerous one gift certificates for sky diving lessons. According to Kevin w aka who offers sky diving courses through his company. New England adventures More and More White Collar bostonian Are siting up to Trade their business suits for parachutes and jump from an air plane. While sky div ing enthusiasts in other parts of inc country lend lobe professional daredevils who Par Lic palc in the sport full time. New  in dvrs who try sky diving Are More Likely to do so As a diversion from High powered jobs in finance technology and Academia Walsh said. In Florida and the South you find people who do nothing but sky  Walsh said. Our crowd is fresh from the health club. You tilt them Hal the winds arc l right for jumping and they say Bui i have a cocktail party at " last year. New England adventures Laught More than 600 people to sly dive. The company has a private Airfield in Lebanon Maine 75 Miles North of bos Ion seventy percent of them were peo ple with professional careers and 7i per cent were male. Reservations Are filling quickly for the Nett sky diving season from May 1 to nov. I although the numbers have dropped off slightly since the Stock Market plunge in october. The faint hearted arc generally weeded Oul during the hour of raining required for jumping. Participants pay a 176 Deposit before their initial briefing session when they Are warned of the potential dangers. They Are offered their Money Hack and those who choose to continue arc videotaped while signing a waiver staling that new England adventure is no liable far any problems or accidents. Then they arc lectured further about liability and trained in parachuting fur up to eight hours. Finally by fur jumping participants pay the a St of their fees and sign another waiver also while being videotaped acknowledging that they have been warned of ail risks and asserting their readiness to try a jump. A jump lasts fourth eight minutes. In 1186. 4.-100 student jumps were made under new England adventures auspices and to Slu dents broke legs in awkward landings also a few beginners injured hips Ankles and elbows and four people landed in Trees necessitating lad Der rescues. In the six years the school has operated no one has collected Money from a lawsuit and no one has been killed from the sport. You can t have people jumping out of air planes without having sume kind us injuries Walsh said. Fur some reason people Are less bothered by injuries associated with sports like hockey or foot  unlike those sports however sky div ing can require Little physical exertion jumpers merely extend their bands or legs to Man Euver in different Dirac la is it s a perfect snort for a nun Aillik to you simply ride up and Ihnn fall  Suid Karen so. A computer consult Una with Bolt Brunck and Newman. Inc. In Boston who tried the sport during in Lias season last fall. She said the Only pan that s really scary is when you Lei go of the  Seo has already signed up for More lessons nest season and she Hopes id Gam the certification required to jump Wilhour an instructor. I m not particularly a risk Laker she said. I m sur prised a people who won t iry  one intimidating Factor for some Nav he the sport s Tost. A Stalie line  in which the Parachute is activated automatically As a diver jumps from the plane costs Sld i for a first timer As does a tandem Sty dive when a student is hitched to an instructor. For sinn two instructors will guide a student in an a  frix1  a More professional jump in which the diver must activau1 the Parachute. All jumps Are v i Coli cd. And All student jumpers Are instructed by radio from the ground. Walsh said thai prices arc High in part because no Bank or insurance company will handle his business which also Spon sors such activities As while Waitr raft ing hang gliding and Llama trekking